The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-02-10
WEST AND SOUTH.

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Minneapolis, Mimi, to a syndicate of Boston
capitalists for s., 3,000, 600 Lowry is on the
way home from Europe, where the sale is
is said to have been made.
In the lower house of the Texas Legisla-
ture on the 1st the joint resolution propos-
ing prohibition amendment to thu consti-
tuition was passed by vote of yeas 30,
nays 81.
At Cincinnati on the 1st one hundred and
fifteen men were arraigned for aiding and
abetting cock fight. OF this number forty
entered plea of guilty and were fined s25
each with costs, making an eve 81 600 to go
into the school fund.
The o. M. o. ranch, belonging to Major
M. s. Gordon, near Decatur, Tex, with its
stock of Shorthorns, Durhams, Jerseys,
white faces and Norman horses, was sold a
few days ago to the Liverpool, London &
Globe Land Company for $500, 600 in cash.
j. b. Reagan was elected United States
Senator by the Texas Legislature on the 1st
to succeed S. B. Maxey.
Mrs. Edward Walker, residing nine miles
north of DEVILS Lake, D. T., perished in
attempting to go to neighbor's house dur
ing the blizzard which prevailed on the 30th
ult. Her body was found half buried in
the snow, onethird of mile from the
neighbours house.
By advice of counsel, the Union Pacific
Railroad Company has decided to cease the
issue of all complimentary passes as soon
as the Interstate Commerce law goes into
effect. The decision applies to every species
of free travel
Mrs. Harriet Prior, colored, said to be 1875
years old, died on the 1st at Hanover, Ind.
She affirmed that shewaited at the table of
George Washington at the time of his sick
ness and death.
At st. Louis on the I'd the trial of David
8. Fotheringham, the Adams Express mes
senger Of the "Jim Cummings" train rob-
berry fame, was postponed until March 1
next, in order to give the Supreme Court
an opportunity to decide whether convicts
Wittrock and Haight can be removed from
the penitentiary to testify in the case.
The Fon Du Lac (Wis.) Furniture Com
pany's factory, with two warehouses ad-
joining, filled with manufactured stock,
burned on the I'd, causing loss of $50, 900;
no insurance.
John Baker, Democrat, and DR.. l. A. Will
cox, Republican, prominent politicians of
the road near Hickory, that State, on the
I'd and fought duel. Baker was wounded
in the head. The affair grew out of politi-
cal animosities.
Two attempts were made on the night Of
the I'd to wreck the eastern and western
bound passenger trains on the Louisville,
Evansville & St. Louis railway by obstruc-
tions placed on the track. The engineers
of both trains fortunately discovered the
distractions in time to check their trains
and prevent wrecks.
Seven members of the Chicago Board of
Trade were suspended on the I'd for periods
ranging from twenty to ninety days, for
having traded in ''puts'' and ''calls'' con-
trary to the edict issued by the board of
directors last November.
At Helena, NJ. T., on the ID, fire starting
in the annex to the International Hotel, de-
stroyed four buildings, causing loss of
$4,000. The mercury stood forty-fve de-
grees below zero. One man, an artist, was
burned todeath and another badly injured.
At Upper Alton, ILL.,, on the I'd lightning
struck large tree near the house Of
William G.. Lee while the family was at
dinner, and Mr.. Lee fell lifeless to the floor.
His wife received severe shock, but will
recover.
Henry W. Spies, who recently married
Miss Van Zandt as proxy for his brother
August, the condemned Anarchist, was
arrested at Chicago on the Sd on the charge
OF bigamy.
A freight train on the Virginia Midland
railroad was wrecked on the Sd by falling
through trestle into the Bannister river,
near Danville, Va. Brakeman Martin was
killed. The cars caught fire and were
entirely consumed. Loss 100000.
One Of the tobacco warehouses of the
Drummond Tobacco Company, corner Third
and Spruce streets, St. Louis, was destroyed
by fire on the Sd, entailing loss of $3.50, 900.
H. E. Perry, of Chicago, on the Sd re-
ceived from the Illinois Central railroad
s12, 900 for injuries sustained in an accident.
This is the largest payment of the kind ever
made in Illinois.
Captain Hoehn and Detective Hulligan,
Of the Cleveland (O.) police, were return
ing from Pittsburgh, on the Sd, having
in charge q prisoner supposed to be